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Mark (Mark) A. Brandenburg (R-SH015)
Email - Web Site
Capitol: 515.281.3221
FAX: 515.281.6958
District: 712.309.1670
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Representative
State Capitol 1007 East Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50319
District Office:
2308 Thallas Street
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
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| Elected: 2010 Next Election: 2014 | | Spouse: Debbie |
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BioMark Brandenburg is a lifelong resident of Council Bluffs. He attended Rue Elementary, Woodrow Wilson Jr. High and Thomas Jefferson High School. He graduated from Iowa Western Community College and from Bellevue University. Mark is currently an Adjunct Instructor at Iowa Western Community College where he has taught for 10 years and worked for 34 years for the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD). Before entering management at OPPD, Mark was a long-time member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1483. He also served on the OPPD Federal Credit Union Board of Directors. He currently is the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Museum. He is also on the board of directors for the Senior Citizens Center and IWCC alumni association.Mark has demonstrated his commitment to education by receiving his college degrees, attending college at night, while working full-time during the day. He was elected in 1990 and again in 2005 to the Council Bluffs Community School District Board of Education. In addition, Mark has been an Adjunct Instructor for Iowa Western Community College since 2001. He has always felt education is important and enjoys teaching. Mark knows first-hand the issues and circumstances that teachers deal with and face on a daily basis. Mark is a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment, is a member of Pheasants Forever and is a Life Member of the National Rifle Association. He is a member of the Sons of the American Legion and supports our men and women who are fighting for our country and honors those that have died or have been injured. Mark is a former Pott. County Volunteer Sheriff Deputy and was a Cub Master when his children were in Cub Scouts. Mark and his wife Debbie have two sons, Chad (who married Michelle Murphy) and Travis (who married Michelle Horrocks), and have six grandchildren. Mark and Debbie are members of the Eastside Christian Church. Mark is not a career politician. He has been a union member and has worked in management, so he can see both sides of the issues. He knows what it is like to go to school at night while working full-time during the day. He knows what it is like to teach in a classroom and what it takes to run a school district.
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